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Monday, November 27, 1972
CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN KWUN TONG ESTATE
The Resettlement Department today launched another massive clean-up
operation in the Kwun Tong Estate in which some 300 illegal hawker structures
and scores of illegal shop extensions were removed.
A Resettlement Department spokesman said that these illegal structures
had been causing severe obstruction to tenants of the estate.
He said it was time that this open space be returned to the tenants.
The cement surfaces on which these illegal structures stood had
deteriorated to such an extent that they have to be completely re-surfaced.
Some 140 lorryloads of abandoned articles and refuse were removed
during today's operation.
All hawkers now trading in the clearance zone have been given
temporary sites in a nearby bazaar to continue their trade.
APPLICATIONS FOR PASSPORTS
The Immigration Department announced today that with the seasonal
relaxation in the demand for passport facilities, it is now normally possible
to issue British (Hong Kong) passports in a period of 10 working days.
A department spokesman said that, similarly, renewals or replacement
of valid British (Hong Kong) passports can now usually be undertaken within
four working days.
The replacement of British passports issued in the United Kingdom
will continue to take about six weeks as replacement is effected through
London, he said.
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